skanky

Example Sentences

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The No. 1 need, many say: Clean up the “Coney water,” the local name for the skanky H2O that sometimes bubbles up from underground right into people’s basements.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021

The OED editors offer the comparison to skanky, which means unattractive or offensive, as well as janky, which refers to something that is untrustworthy or of poor quality.

From Time • Jun. 24, 2015

There's Tim Burton as a skanky Santa and model Xiao Wen with a huge insect on her open mouth.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2012

Should we assume from her nonappearance that King feared retribution from the Bush dynasty, or is the easier explanation that his producers thought it was a skanky book?

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2010

I was baptized in a skanky basement shower.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx